School Staffer Arrested After Repeatedly Hitting a 6-Year-Old
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of Police of Cranston, announced on Wednesday the arrest of a former employee of Ocean State Academy following an investigation into an assault involving a young student.
According to police, on Tuesday, at approximately 9:09 a.m., officers responded to Ocean State Academy, located at 1301 Elmwood Avenue, for a report of an assault. School administrators reported that they had received information from a parent alleging that a staff member had assaulted a student the previous day.
According to the school, “Ocean State Academy specializes in meeting the diverse educational and behavioral needs of K–12+ students (ages 5–21) with psychiatric and social-emotional difficulties…